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From the president on down through his secretary of defense, the service secretaries, and a cast of generals whose decorations would choke an alpine meadow with color, we are told that further reductions in American military power are warranted and unavoidable.

This view is supported by the left, the right that unwisely fears accounting more than war, by most of the press, the academy, and perhaps a majority of Americans, and it is demonstrably and dangerously wrong.

Based upon nothing and ignoring the cautionary example of World War II, we are told that we will never face two major enemies..

This is a wall street Journal article talking about how the president of the United States Is Cutting back our military.

It's a WSJ Op Ed peice that had no references at all from what I saw. Maybe I missed something, but all that came up for me was the three paragraphs that Megi linked. There was no mention of any specific cut backs or anything. I did a pretty good check of current stories from various sites as well and found nothing at all, nor have I heard anything in the military channels about proposed cuts, outside of things like the pay freeze and etc.

So what am I missing here?

In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.

In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.

It's a WSJ Op Ed peice that had no references at all from what I saw. Maybe I missed something, but all that came up for me was the three paragraphs that Megi linked. There was no mention of any specific cut backs or anything. I did a pretty good check of current stories from various sites as well and found nothing at all, nor have I heard anything in the military channels about proposed cuts, outside of things like the pay freeze and etc.

So what am I missing here?

I can't fill you in on two years of budget cuts and downsizing, I thought you got the same news as everyone else.

The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.

I can't fill you in on two years of budget cuts and downsizing, I thought you got the same news as everyone else.

Ummm... DoD budget has increased over the last two years and it's expected to continue increasing over the next couple. So what cuts?

And there has been no downsizing. The Army and Marines were approved in 2007 for a five year increase in troop strength of the scale of 100,000. The Air Force and Navy have received some "cuts" to personnel, but that is because they where over what they were already allowed to have, and have been cutting back to meet their mandated manpower totals.

In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.

In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.

Ummm... DoD budget has increased over the last two years and it's expected to continue increasing over the next couple. So what cuts?

And there has been no downsizing. The Army and Marines were approved in 2007 for a five year increase in troop strength of the scale of 100,000. The Air Force and Navy have received some "cuts" to personnel, but that is because they where over what they were already allowed to have, and have been cutting back to meet their mandated manpower totals.

No missile defense cuts, no missile cuts, no cutbacks on fighter planes? How is the big cost of living raise working out for you. You are the first military person I have heard defend Obama in this way.

The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.

No missile defense cuts, no missile cuts, no cutbacks on fighter planes? How is the big cost of living raise working out for you. You are the first military person I have heard defend Obama in this way.

2011 budget has money for a missile defense system, and there have been no cutbacks made on Fighters under the Obama administration. 2011 is ending the F-35 alternate engine production, but that is because no one wanted it, and it was a waste of money.

And COLA is determined by the strength of the local economy. Since the economy has been shit, and cost of living has shrunk, so has COLA. It's like that stateside or overseas. In Japan whenever the Yen devalued to the dollar, we'd get less COLA. Whenever it strengthened, we'd get more.

But in the end, budgets have still risen, and troop strengths have still risen as well. Programs get cut all the time in the DoD, that doesn't matter whose sitting in the Oval Office. What matters is that we have the money we need to keep the fight going, and we are getting that.

I'm not defending Obama with any of this. I'm just stating the facts.

Last edited by djones520; 12-27-2010 at 10:31 AM.

In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.

In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.

2011 budget has money for a missile defense system, and there have been no cutbacks made on Fighters under the Obama administration. 2011 is ending the F-35 alternate engine production, but that is because no one wanted it, and it was a waste of money.

And COLA is determined by the strength of the local economy. Since the economy has been shit, and cost of living has shrunk, so has COLA. It's like that stateside or overseas. In Japan whenever the Yen devalued to the dollar, we'd get less COLA. Whenever it strengthened, we'd get more.

But in the end, budgets have still risen, and troop strengths have still risen as well. Programs get cut all the time in the DoD, that doesn't matter whose sitting in the Oval Office. What matters is that we have the money we need to keep the fight going, and we are getting that.

I'm not defending Obama with any of this. I'm just stating the facts.

The treaty he pushed through stopped missile defense.

The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.

3. Each Party shall not convert and shall not use ICBM
launchers and SLBM launchers for placement of missile defense
interceptors therein. Each Party further shall not convert
and shall not use launchers of missile defense interceptors
for placement of ICBMs and SLBMs therein. This provision
shall not apply to ICBM launchers that were converted prior to
signature of this Treaty for placement of missile defense
interceptors therein

So... we can't put our missile defence system in our ICBM bunkers. That hardly stops missile defense. That is the only part of the START treaty that touches on Missile Defense.

In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.

In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.